ptomsu
Workshop Member
I could not agree more! Even not living form photography (so I cannot call myself a Pro ) does not mean I am getting emotional about systems. The only thing I am getting emotional is when I feel I am treated not right or somehow in the wrong way by a vendor and its products and support. As this was the case with Leica (but also some other vendors). Now do I feel bad about them - no! Just simply got more careful. And trust more the one's which did not let me down as often. But emotions? No there are no personal emotions.Now the part about being emotional tied into your purchase i have to disagree mostly. Sure there are some that certainly are no question but myself i wish mine did not even have a name on it and i have flipped systems on a dime for something I have thought may work better and a lot of us are like that. Trust me on my end there no emotion whatsoever , I do like my system and it does a great job for me and no real plans to switch it out and yes i do think it is a very good system or i would never have bought it but emotionally sorry I leave that part for my wife and kids. These are just tools to me to make money to feed my family. Sure I love certain things about the systems I buy and especially how the lenses give me the look I want but in all truth if it was not Phase i would be shooting Hassy and i still look at them all the time to see what they are up too as well as the S2. Most Pros buy completely different than the hobbyist and we have certain needs and wants as well. We think more about service, repair, dealer support and accessories plus backups where the hobbyists does not put much stock in that. So yes that is some of the differences between pro's and Hobbyists we buy for different needs even though they could be the same system.
I would say as a semi pro (yes I do make some money with photography, but do not need it for a living) I meanwhile am even more picky about a system and its qualities, simply because of one reason - I can just swap without thinking too long, especially because it does not matter if I swap, as I do not need it for a living. But I want to be satisfied with my choice. So finally this is even more aggressive as the way a pro would approach this. Because if I am not satisfied - bang, I simply swap. I do no longer waste my time with too much testing, upgrading, waiting etc. Just shoot, try to get out of a system whatever I expect and if it does not deliver it is gone!
Of course I do agree that his becomes harder as systems get more expensive - so there also comes long year experience into play with certain vendors and dealers. And then one can evaluate capabilities of a system and it's support pretty fast.
Good system stays, bad system goes - that's all - as simple! And nice words just mean nothing!!!!!!!!